Do note that from when forth, this flashback takes a gory, dark and twisted turn. Read at your own peril. Not suitable for those below eighteen.
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As soon as Azula finished devouring the heart, a sharp pain sliced through her abdomen, causing her to wail loudly. The sound was animalistic, echoing through the now silent cell.
Doubling over, she clenched her stomach tightly as nausea overwhelmed her. Then, with a violent heave, she began to expel everything she had consumed, blood and flesh mingling together and splattering onto the ground in a grotesque display.
Just when Azula thought she was done, another wave of nausea hit her, and she involuntarily retched once more. This time, a sizable chunk of the heart she had consumed came back up, followed by a belch of relief at the end. Finally, the ordeal seemed to pass, leaving Azula feeling drained but strangely relieved.
She lay on her back, gazing up at the ugly, dirtied ceiling of her cell, her tattered outfit soaked in blood. The gruesome scene around her, including the corpse of the dark Fae nearby with a gaping hole in his chest, didn’t faze her in the slightest.
She was a creature of death, pain, gore, and blood, after all—a fact she accepted with chilling indifference. Azula had long grown accustomed to the brutality of her existence, finding solace in the chaos that surrounded her.
Having not fed in five years, Azula had acted impulsively the moment she had the opportunity to indulge. Instead of heeding caution and taking it slow, she succumbed to
her hunger-fueled frenzy, devouring without restraint. Her body, unaccustomed to nourishment after years of deprivation, rebelled against the sudden influx of sustenance.
Much like the human body, Azula’s demon form required a gradual reintroduction to sustenance after such a prolonged period of deprivation. Soft, digestible food taken at intervals would have eased her transition back to nourishment. But Azula had ignored such considerations, giving in to her bloodlust with reckless abandon.
Feeding voraciously and tearing into the heart, a particularly tough delicacy to digest, had proved too much for her system to handle. The result was a violent reaction, her body rejecting the influx of food in a visceral display of expulsion.
But Azula saw no other option, consequences be damned. She needed the strength that came from feeding, despite the inevitable toll on her stomach. The surge of power coursing through her veins was worth it, a big difference compared to her weakened state just moments before..
Time was of the essence. Although the dark Fae may have acted alone, he was still Benjamin’s second in command, and it wouldn’t be long before his absence was noticed. Azula knew she had to act swiftly before they came searching for him. Before she was overpowered. She would not repeat her mistake a second time.
Azula stiffened, not out of fear, but she was tense with excitement. Finally, she has found her first victim to kick-start her carnage. Well, not really the first, but the second lucky victim — the first one already lay dead in her prison. How poetic, she laughed mentally. Azula had gone mad with the need for vengeance.
With a twisted smile of pure malice, Azula spun around without warning and launched herself at the Fae with stunning speed, catching him off guard just as he opened his mouth to speak. The only sound that escaped him was a gurgling gasp as Azula sliced his throat open with her sharp claws.
The Fae dropped to his knees in the sand, his eyes wide with a mixture of shock and terror, reaching desperately for his throat in a futile attempt to stop the bleeding. He would eventually heal from the wound, but that was not Azula’s intention. She wanted him dead.
So she retrieved the sword that had slipped from his hand and swung it with precision, slicing the Fae’s head clean from his shoulders. His face remained frozen in a mask of horror as it tumbled to the dirt with a dull thud. Azula twirled the weapon in her hand, testing its weight and balance.
With little time to spare, she found herself drawn to the efficiency of this method of killing. Her eyes gleamed with madness as she set off in search of her next victim.
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